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Rohr: der, die or das?

dasRohr

Cane, reed

neutral · neuterNature and the outdoorsLevel: Beginner

Short answer: Rohr takes the article das (das Rohr). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “cane, reed” in English.

Rohr: word facts

Article
das
Gender
neutral (neuter)
English
Cane, reed
Topic
Nature and the outdoors
Yupo level
Beginner

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Why does Rohr take das?

No suffix rule covers Rohr, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Rohr as something green.

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Rohr in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?das Rohr
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?das Rohr
Dativindirect object: to whom?dem Rohr

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